Nation Building
An important component of the core activities of SafeU would be that of nation building, i.e. making active and positive contribution towards the various government schemes (whether those of the central or the state governments) dedicated to Sustainability in general and Sustainable Agriculture in particular.
The commitments made by our honourable Prime Minister in various international forums over the last few years, in the domain of Sustainability and Climate Change, have resulted in some specific schemes introduced by the Government of India, like:
- Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources (GOBARdhan) Scheme – aimed at reducing India’s annual fertilizer subsidy (more than Rs. 2 lakh crore). GOBARdhan Scheme has been established for collection of biomass and distribution of Bio-Manure for promoting Circular Economy.
- Pradhan Mantri Program for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth (PM-PRANAM) – this scheme is aimed to promote alternative fertilizers and balanced use of chemical fertilizers.
- Setting up 10,000 Bharatiya Prakritik Kheti Bio-Input Resource Centres (BPKBRC) over next 3 years for natural farming. These centres would be instrumental in promoting Paramparagat Krishi so as to reduce annual fertilizer subsidy.
- Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Program to boost availability of high-quality planting material (seeds) for high-value horticulture crops.
In order to attain our national objective of building Viksit Bharat by 2047, SafeU has designed various programmes that attend the core objectives of the above schemes in a most efficient way. These programmes of SafeU may be enumerated as follows:
